Qiu (丘)
Qiu may refer to: * Qiū (surname), Chinese surnames * Qiú (surname), Chinese surnames * Qiu County, in Hebei, China *Kǒng Qiū (), better known as Confucius *''Qiu!'', a 2005 album by the ambient post-rock band Windsor Airlift {{disambig ...
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Qiū (surname)
Qiū or "Chiu" is the Hanyu Pinyin and Wade-Giles (widely used in Taiwan) transliteration, respectively, of the Chinese family names 丘/邱 (these two are genealogically linked), and 秋. They may be transliterated in various forms, as: * Qiū ( Mandarin, in Pinyin) *Chiu or Hew (in Taiwanese) and (Hakka, in Wade-Giles) * Kho or Khoe (in Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien and Hokkien) *Khew or Khiu ( Fuzhounese) * Hiu or Kew (in Mandarin) * Yau (Cantonese, in Cantonese Pinyin) * Khau (in English) 丘/邱 also appear in Korea, where they may be transliterated as: * 구 (Korean in Hangul) * Gu, Ku, Koo (Korean in Revised Romanization). The surname also appears in the Philippines from immigrants from the South of China. It was anglicized as: * Cu or Kuh (in Tagalog) 丘/邱 ranks 151st in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and is very common in Luoyang, Henan or Wuxing, Zhejiang. 秋 is common with Taiwanese aboriginals, but is otherwise rare, ranking 237th. 邱 is a very rare su ...
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Qiú (surname)
Qiú is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of 仇 (Qiú) and 裘 (Qiú). 仇 (Qiú) There are three sources for the ancestry of 仇: #A Xia vassal by the name of Jiuwu (九吾) established the state of Jiu (九), but it was destroyed by King Zhou of Shang in the Shang Dynasty. To escape prosecution, the descendants of Jiuwu appended the 人 ("person") radical to 九 (Jiu), thus creating the surname 仇. #In the Spring and Autumn period, Duke Min of Song (宋湣公) was murdered by his subordinate Nangong Wan (南宮萬). The minister Zi Qiumu (子仇牧) sought revenge but was also killed by Nangong Wan. Zi Qiumu's descendants then took the first character of his name, Qiu 仇, to be their surname. #In Northern Wei, a Hou Luoqi (侯洛齊) of Zhongshan was adopted by the Qiu clan, and thus changed his surname from Hou to Qiu. He rose in ranks due to his military endeavours, and the Qiu clan became prosperous at the time. ;Prominent people with the surname * Qiu Ying (仇英) ...
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Qiu County
Qiu may refer to: *Qiū (surname), Chinese surnames *Qiú (surname), Chinese surnames *Qiu County, in Hebei, China *Kǒng Qiū (), better known as Confucius *''Qiu!'', a 2005 album by the ambient post-rock band Windsor Airlift Windsor Airlift is an American ambient post-rock band formed by brothers Andy Johnson and Tony Johnson, and Adam Young. The band, to date, has released eight studio albums, eight extended plays, one live album, and six singles. History I ...

Confucius
Confucius ( ; zh, s=, p=Kǒng Fūzǐ, "Master Kǒng"; or commonly zh, s=, p=Kǒngzǐ, labels=no; – ) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Confucius's teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society, remaining influential across China and East Asia to this day. Confucius considered himself a transmitter for the values of earlier periods which he claimed had been abandoned in his time. His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness, and sincerity. His followers competed with many other schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era, only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin dynasty. After the collapse of Qin and the victory of Han over Chu, Confucius's thoughts received official sanction in the new government. During the Tan ...
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